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Cholera epidemic slows down in Haiti, fear still lingers

Tue, 10/26/2010 - 15:00 by Neha Gupta

Haitian and international health authorities warned they were still preparing for cholera outbreak. Though there are encouraging signs of drop in disease's lethality, cholera is likely spread further before it is curbed completely.

Secret to success: Exports and low wages

Wed, 08/04/2010 - 02:08 by Prince damin

Berlin -- Job openings are springing up at major industrial firms in Germany, where wages are stagnant and fear keeps wage demands low, market analysts said.

"Fear of unemployment made workers more willing to accept concessions," The New York Times quoted Commerzbank economist Ralph Solveen as saying.

"That will certainly change in the next few years," he said.

Investor George Soros wrote recently that "Germany is actually making it more difficult for the other countries to regain competitiveness."

In Germany, exports are up and the unemployment rate down, falling to 7.6 percent from 9.1 percent at the first of the year and from 13 percent five years ago.

A Dame and a Dog

Fri, 05/01/2009 - 16:12 by Harpreet Bhagrath

Ever been chased by a bulldog? I’ve been. Scariest thing in the world, I tell you. Though my brush with the bulldoggy took place in college days, the memory is horribly vivid. Here's what transpired...

It was a lovely evening with lovely lasses pottering randomly around the market place. I was stationary at a popular ice-cream parlor with an old pal of mine, having licks at a cone and eyeing (not to be confused with ogling) playfully every pretty face that managed to catch my fancy.